Right to protest under threat as Senate considers security bill Published at 07.03.2025 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants protestor(s) detained torture/ill-treatment time,place restrictions surveillance environmental rights Read more
El Salvador added to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist Published at 02.12.2024 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation HRD detained labour rights public vilification HRD acquitted access to info. law environmental rights Read more
Criminalisation and unlawful surveillance of human rights defenders raise alarms Published at 18.04.2025 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption office raid women intimidation HRD detained refusal of registration labour rights protest restrictive law surveillance environmental rights land rights Read more
Wave of attacks on migrant rights activists; At least two protesters injured Published at 23.04.2025 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation HRD detained excessive force restrictive law environmental rights Read more
La criminalización y la vigilancia ilegal de las PDDH hacen saltar las alarmas Published at 13.05.2025 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption office raid women intimidation HRD detained refusal of registration labour rights protest restrictive law surveillance environmental rights land rights Read more
Continued call for climate efforts and fairer climate finance system Published at 20.05.2025 Country Tuvalu Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development women refugees and migrants environmental rights Read more
Oleada de agresiones contra activistas de los derechos de las personas migrantes; al menos dos personas manifestantes heridas Published at 27.05.2025 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation HRD detained excessive force restrictive law environmental rights Read more
China: Regime continues to jail activists and target critical artists, film makers and musicians Published at 29.05.2025 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force labour rights protest restrictive law journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Fiji: Restrictions on protest persist despite calls for reforms by the UN Human Rights Council Published at 02.06.2025 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: protest labour rights environmental rights bureaucratic restriction Read more
Romania in crisis ahead of presidential election rerun, protests become violent Published at 10.04.2025 Country Romania Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation surveillance attack on journalist protest public vilification violent protest political interference censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Protesters take to the streets across Spain to demand affordable housing Published at 25.04.2025 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: women minority groups attack on journalist labour rights protest environmental rights Read more
"Political neutrality" audit of public broadcaster causes concern Published at 02.06.2025 Country Lithuania Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship women protest public vilification political interference environmental rights Read more
Attacks and harassment against environmental and Indigenous defenders highlight protection failure Published at 08.06.2025 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation excessive force criminal defamation public vilification enforced disappearance censorship private sector positive court ruling women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest violent protest restrictive law enabling law journalist detained environmental rights Read more
New Zealand: Freedoms at risk with protests arrests and suspension of indigenous Māori parliamentarians Published at 11.06.2025 Country New Zealand Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups women positive CS development excessive force protest extractive industries protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
El acoso y las agresiones contra las personas defensoras del medioambiente y líderes indígenas evidencian el fracaso del marco legal de protección Published at 24.06.2025 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation excessive force criminal defamation public vilification enforced disappearance censorship private sector positive court ruling women indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest violent protest restrictive law enabling law journalist detained environmental rights Read more
Closure of news agency; expulsion of journalist Published at 03.07.2025 Country Seychelles Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction journalist detained environmental rights Read more
Cambodia: Activists, journalists and opposition leaders detained, denied bail while dissidents may face citizenship revocation Published at 10.07.2025 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD transnational repression harassment HRD detained negative court ruling restrictive law bureaucratic restriction journalist detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Renewed attacks on foreign-funded NGOs, protest restrictions despite protective court ruling, and ongoing prosecution of critics Published at 11.07.2025 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women transnational repression travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling refusal of registration public vilification prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights non state actors Read more
Disappearance, killings and stigmatisation of search collective members; Mexico’s press faces deadly start to 2025 Published at 30.04.2025 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained HRD killing public vilification enforced disappearance killing of journalist positive court ruling LGBTI women indigenous groups positive CS development attack on journalist protest internet restriction violent protest restrictive law enabling law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
USAID cuts threaten humanitarian projects; Environmental activists protest oil & gas expansion and weakening protections Published at 31.05.2025 Country Norway Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD protest extractive industries HRD acquitted environmental rights Read more
Court victory for environmental group, accusations of police misconduct at anti-far right counter-protest Published at 31.05.2025 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption excessive force protest public vilification private sector access to info. law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
